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Back to School Tip Sheets for Post-Secondary Students from BounceBack Ontario

Back to School Tip Sheets for Post-Secondary students from BounceBack Ontario 

BounceBack is here for you and your students as the new school year approaches. As you are aware, mental health has been a top concern for Ontarians during Covid-19 and the stress of returning back to…

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Increase in youth accidental consumption of cannabis edibles

A new article by CTV news reports on a Canadian study that showed an increase in the number of children who accidentally consumed cannabis edibles to a total of 51 reports in 2019. The number of children hospitalized due to severe reactions to cannabis has actually doubled since 2018. You…

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Research Snapshot: Impact of isolation and loneliness on mental health of children and adolescents in the COVID-19 context

Governments around the world have put in place numerous measures to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Research in adults has shown that social isolation has negative mental health effects but there is limited research on its effect on children.

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Children 12 and under are accidentally consuming edibles

The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program has just released its 2019 results. On pp. 30-31 of the report, you will find the details related to serious and life-threatening impacts of cannabis on the Canadian paediatric population over this time period.

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Job Posting: Bilingual Youth Outreach Specialist (Ottawa)

The Youth Gambling Awareness Program at the YMCA of Greater Toronto is hiring a Bilingual Youth Outreach Specialist to work in the Ottawa region. This position is a full-time, salaried position. Applications will be accepted until September 7th, 2020. 

For more information…

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Job Posting: Bilingual Youth Outreach Specialist (Toronto)

The Youth Gambling Awareness Program at the YMCA of Greater Toronto is hiring a Bilingual Youth Outreach Specialist to work in the Greater Toronto area. This position is a full-time, salaried position. Applications will be accepted until September 7th, 2020. 

For more information and…

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Seeking the input of women with substance use concerns and those who work with them

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Jean Tweed Centre, Centre for Innovation in Peer Support, and Addictions and Mental Health Ontario request your participation in a survey regarding digital health resources during COVID-19 and beyond.  

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New resources: Social connection in later life

We've developed two new resources to support social connection in later life. 

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MHCC's The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health-Preliminary Scan | CSMC Répercussions de la COVID-19 sur la santé mentale — analyse préliminaire

The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) is pleased to share an early rapid environmental scan that identifies policy considerations and emerging issues related to the mental health impacts of COVID-19.DOWNLOAD THE RAPID SCAN

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When is cannabis use medical? When is it not? How do we decide?

The mandate of the Cannabis Knowledge Exchange Hub is to share evidence about the non-medical use of cannabis.

But what exactly is “non-medical” use of cannabis, and how do we differentiate it from “medical” use? This question is one to which our team returns time and time again.

One…

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